US5522542A - Elastic fastening clamp in shape of a double C - Google Patents

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US5522542A
US5522542A US08/256,222 US25622294A US5522542A US 5522542 A US5522542 A US 5522542A US 25622294 A US25622294 A US 25622294A US 5522542 A US5522542 A US 5522542A
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    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E01—CONSTRUCTION OF ROADS, RAILWAYS, OR BRIDGES
    • E01B—PERMANENT WAY; PERMANENT-WAY TOOLS; MACHINES FOR MAKING RAILWAYS OF ALL KINDS
    • E01B9/00—Fastening rails on sleepers, or the like
    • E01B9/38—Indirect fastening of rails by using tie-plates or chairs; Fastening of rails on the tie-plates or in the chairs
    • E01B9/44—Fastening the rail on the tie-plate
    • E01B9/46—Fastening the rail on the tie-plate by clamps
    • E01B9/48—Fastening the rail on the tie-plate by clamps by resilient steel clips
    • E01B9/483—Fastening the rail on the tie-plate by clamps by resilient steel clips the clip being a shaped bar

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  • This invention covers an improvement in an elastic fastening clamp in form of a double C.
  • Such clamp has the purpose of fastening the rail of a railroad track to a support or sleeper.
  • clamps are technically known as DEENIK clamps and they are fixed on a fastening plate which is screwed, say on wooden sleepers, by means of bolts know as tirefons.
  • the purpose of the invention is to modify the surface of contact between the clamp and the plate by changing the shape of the clamp basis which becomes an arc, having approximately the same radius as the notch of the plate whose surface is a half circle.
  • This improvement in the invention has the advantage that now there is a perfect adjustment between the clamp and the plate, and contact between these two pieces is no longer by points, as was the case with the conventional clamp, but involves the entire surface of the notch in the plate. Furthermore the system proposed by this invention gives more stability to the clamp and plate set and greater resistance to longitudinal displacement since the rotatory movement of the clamp around its own axis will become more difficult.
  • FIG. 1 has a representation in perspective of the fastening system of rails to sleepers by means of clamp and plate sets.
  • FIG. 2 is a representation in perspective similar to FIG. 1, but with the pieces disassembled so as to give an exploded view.
  • FIGS. 3A and 3B are, respectively, a horizontal plane and a vertical plane of the fastening plate showing the notch in such plate.
  • FIGS. 4A-4C are, respectively views of a conventional clamp, a transverse section of its basis and a cross section (along line 4C--4C in FIG. 4A and looking in the direction of the arrows) showing the adjustment of the clamp basis to the fastening plate.
  • FIGS. 5A-5C are, respectively, views of a clamp according to the invention a transverse section of its basis and a cross section (along line 5C--5C in FIG. 5A and looking in the direction of the arrows) showing the adjustment of the clamp basis to the fastening plate.
  • FIGS. 6a-6c is left side, top, and front views of a prior art clamp.
  • FIGS. 7a-7c is the same left side, top and front views of the clamp according to the invention.
  • FIGS. 3A-3B may be referred to as FIG. 3
  • FIGS. 4A-4C may be referred to as FIG. 4
  • FIGS. 5A-5C may be referred to as FIG. 5
  • FIGS. 6A-6C may be referred to as FIG. 6
  • FIGS. 7A-7C may be referred to as FIG. 7.
  • a stretch of rail (4) is fastened to the respective sleeper (1) by means of plate (3) screwed to sleeper (1) with bolts (2) known as tirefons.
  • Elastic fastening clamps of the conventional shape are adjusted to each side of the rail in the corresponding notches of plate (3).
  • the upper part of clamp (5) contacts plate (3) at only two points at which the entire load of clamp (5) on plate (3) is concentrated. At these two spots, during the life of plate (3), due to the dynamic strain to which the set is exposed and also because of installations and removals of clamp (5) for maintenance, plate (3) is worn down. As the conditions of railroad track and the rolling stock deteriorate this wear is accelerated and reduces the useful life of plate (3).
  • this invention seeks to correct such accelerated wear of the fastening plate through a change in the shape of the contact surface between the clamp and the plate so as considerably increase the useful life of the plate, even when the set is subject to the worst operating conditions.
  • FIG. 5 Clamp (5') as modified by the invention is shown in FIG. 5 where we have three views of same purposes of comparison with the conventional clamp of FIG. 4.
  • FIG. 7 we likewise have three views of the clamp for comparison with the three views of the conventional clamp shown in FIG. 6.
  • FIG. 5B Another view of FIG. 5 (FIG. 5B) shows clamp (5') introduced into the notch of plate (3) with perfect adjustment between the two pieces.
  • contact of clamp (5') with plate (3) ceases to be by points as was the case with the conventional clamp--shown in FIG. 4--, but, on the contrary, involves a substantially larger surface or, in other words, practically the whole surface of the notch of plate (3) is in contact with clamp (5').

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BR9204140A BR9204140A (pt) 1992-10-23 1992-10-23 Grampo de fixaçao elástica em forma de "c" duplo
PCT/BR1993/000037 WO1994010382A1 (en) 1992-10-23 1993-10-22 Elastic fastening clamp in shape of a double c

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US5823426A (en) * 1995-04-13 1998-10-20 Everts & Van Der Weijden Exploitatie Railway plate and method of manufacture
USD794506S1 (en) * 2016-08-24 2017-08-15 Yangtze Railroad Materials Hot forged tie plate for railroad
USD804352S1 (en) * 2016-08-24 2017-12-05 Yangtze Railroad Materials Hot forged tie plate for railroad
USD804991S1 (en) * 2016-08-24 2017-12-12 Yangtze Railroad Materials Hot forged tie plate for railroad
US11492763B2 (en) * 2016-11-16 2022-11-08 Vossloh-Werke Gmbh Tension clamp and fastening point for the fastening of a rail to the ground

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US5823426A (en) * 1995-04-13 1998-10-20 Everts & Van Der Weijden Exploitatie Railway plate and method of manufacture
USD794506S1 (en) * 2016-08-24 2017-08-15 Yangtze Railroad Materials Hot forged tie plate for railroad
USD804352S1 (en) * 2016-08-24 2017-12-05 Yangtze Railroad Materials Hot forged tie plate for railroad
USD804991S1 (en) * 2016-08-24 2017-12-12 Yangtze Railroad Materials Hot forged tie plate for railroad
US11492763B2 (en) * 2016-11-16 2022-11-08 Vossloh-Werke Gmbh Tension clamp and fastening point for the fastening of a rail to the ground

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